At UCSB, Annika (above) now wants to go vegan, and Marco (below) wants to go veg and volunteer!

VO’s
approach, simultaneously pragmatic
and forward-thinking, focuses on engaging those
who are deemed most open to lifestyle changes:
namely, the young, and, in particular, college
students. Perhaps more importantly, its philosophy
extends well beyond mere “vegan”
outreach as a practical recognition of how vital
it is to meet people where they are, not where
animal advocates want them to be.—VegNews, “The
Road to Vegetopia”

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Back in the late 90s,
I was looking to become more involved in animal
advocacy and to contribute to the cause in some
way. I connected with a local animal rights
group, but I was not impressed with the level
of critical thinking involved. I was starting
to feel like the only vegan with a brain!
Around this time,
I discovered Vegan Outreach on the internet,
and what I read there just resonated with me
like nothing else. Finally, I had found an animal
rights group that was intelligent, didn’t seem
loony at all, and they were actually doing something
meaningful. That was truly a defining moment
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articulate, scientifically minded animal advocates
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Big day at McMaster University
in Hamilton, Ontario! John Sakars, Alex Greenwood, and I were able
to reach a total of 3,251 students! I met a
good number of vegan and vegetarian students,
and also spoke with non-veg students like Devin,
who told me he was opposed to factory farming
and thinks animals deserve better. John and
Alex also had positive interactions with students!
I’m so happy that we were able to reach such
a large number of students today – that’s good
news for animals!
John, Alex, and
I had a BIG day at York! We even had help from
first-time leafleter and York student Layla
Leto – she did a great job! We reached 3,870
students and had some great conversations! Through
our leafleting we were able to put some veg
students in touch with the campus group! I spoke
with students like Kris, who was interested
in eating more vegetarian meals but was in the
dark about veg dining; I was sure to give her
a Guide!
I also gave a Guide to Mark, who wants
to go veg!—Chris Guinn, 10/9/13

Chris Guinn, John Sakars, and Alex Greenwood also reached 1,100+ students at the University of Toronto in Mississauga. Alex snapped Chris in action (above), and Chris took pics of some of the students reading Even If You Like Meat (below).

I was
a little nervous going to Vancouver
Island University, but it was a very good day!
Met lots of people who said they were veg or
thanked me for caring. One lovely young woman
talked to me for a while, left, then came back
and stayed with me – she talked to people while
I gave out booklets.—Sigrid Bjarnason, 10/2/13

Chris
Dietrich [above] and I set a record at
Coppin State today – the animals are lucky
to have him on their side. We had great and
effective conversations! Brittany [right] is committed
to starting to change her diet to help animals;
she was happy to get a Guide. Three
different students were interested in me coming
to speak to their group or class.—Kassy Ortega, 10/4/13

At
Clark Atlanta University, I had a ton
of great conversations and received positive
comments – too many to report! Even had a woman
in her car yell to me from across the street
that she would pull around because she was interested
in getting a booklet.
Highlight of the
day was a conversation with a vegetarian and
her friend. The vegetarian asked me how to best
transition to veganism; her friend seemed interested
in making changes as well. Also talked to a
student about the overall lack of veg options
(I have actually had several of these conversations
recently). He and several others promised to
check out the nearby Soul Vegetarian.—Dawn Ratcliffe, 10/4/13

Reached
1,400 students at St. Cloud State.
Talked with several people interested in vegan
food and nutrition, and gave them Guides.
A professor was having a class outside, and
they were discussing eating lower on the food
chain. He is mostly veg himself, and he waved
me over to tell the class what I was handing
out, why, and what organization I was with.
For my first impromptu presentation, I think
it went very well!
Despite rain and
strong winds, the students at South Dakota State
were very friendly. Really great outreach at
an ag school!
At the University
of South Dakota, the day started out great and
ended great! Take rate and friendliness was
at an all-time high! Halfway through the day
I met Avid [left], who stopped to ask what he can do
to help! We talked about how cutting back on
meat consumption reduces animal suffering and
he said, “I can do that!”—Rachel Shippee, 10/7/13

Tiff, Tina, Heather, and I reached
1,265 students at Northwestern University. Other
students were handing out veg booklets as well,
and we heard from tons of vegan and vegetarian
students and staff!—Leslie Patterson, 10/9/13

Second
round at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign – reached 800 students and
handed out eight Guides to various
vegetarians and vegans. One of the vegetarians
let me know that getting the booklet in the
past is what moved him to drop meat.—Joe Espinosa, 10/8/13

Above: Erin Gaines reaches a UT Austin student, while two others are engrossed in booklets from Jon Camp.

Awesome
day at the University of Texas
– Lauren Walker, Erin Gaines [above], Ethan Dussault,
Christie Norris, and I reached 5,000 students.
This was a new Texas record – the first time
any school here hit the 5k mark!

Above and below are a few of the students Lauren Walker saw engrossed in Even If You Like Meat at Texas State.

But the next day,
Lauren and I also reached 5,000 students at
Texas State! We distributed dozens of Guides as well, chatting with a lot of people who were
interested in and inspired by this work.
We extended our
current record-breaking streak to three days
today at South Texas College, by the Mexican
border. We had more individuals asking us questions
here than at any other school thus far on the
tour – and we’ve had a lot of us questions
asked at the other schools!
Two separate individuals
mentioned now being veg or nearly veg today
as a result of Food, Inc. It’s interesting how
Food, Inc. isn’t explicitly about going
veg, but I often hear of individuals who have
gone veg as a result of it – something to keep
in mind before bashing other campaigns that
don’t go as far with a vegan message as we might
prefer.
We heard comments
today such as, “I really like what you’re
doing here,” “I never thought about
this till today,” “This is really
sad,” “What can I do?” It was
really moving to come across so many genuinely
concerned and curious people.
Chandra told us
that she still wears old leather sandals, and
she thought we might have criticized her for
that. I told her that we endorsed being practical
and non-purist, and criticizing a vegetarian
taking steps to do good for animals is the last
thing we would do. She really liked that approach,
and she gave me her contact info as she’s now
interested in getting involved. I’ll also send
her some VO essays about our pragmatic approach.—Jon Camp, 10/9/13

Reached
nearly 700 students at College
of the Redwoods and had great conversations.
Ran into a student who recognized me from Palomar
last semester, at the opposite end of the state.
And Bryan is now leaning toward going vegan
and is going to look through our website.
Another great
day on the road! Reached over 1,100 students at Humboldt State! I heard from more vegans
and vegetarians than I could count, and I was
happy to have Sarah’s help! Now she’s interested
in leafleting on her own!
Great conversations
at Southern Oregon University. For example,
one student who doesn’t like animal cruelty
and was excited to hear about all of the vegan
meats in stores. I talked up Daiya cheese to
quite a few lacto-ovo vegetarians. One member
of the football team had lots of questions, too!—Steve Erlsten, 10/10/13

OMG
what an awesome and super long day! Thank
you Barbara Bear for joining! Met Heather [Pierce, above] at
a film screening last week and recruited her
out, too. Together, we reached 768 students
at Santa Barbara City College, and then 2,001
students at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB’s freshman
cafeteria is all vegetarian Mondays, so perfect
timing). Many one-on-one conversations for
all of us, and watched so many people reading
intently – snapped a few quick pics, including a couple reading intently with another dude reading in the background [below]. Spoke to one of those readers, Marla [right], who was very interested in these issues; she got a Guide and said she wants to go veg. Met Annika [top of page], who read a booklet and wants
to go vegan. Also met Marco [top of page], who wants to go
veg and is interested in volunteering. Perfect
demographic for outreach. Long day with profound
impact.

Awesome day at
Fullerton College! Saw numerous people reading the booklets [one at right]. Met Annie [below, left], who is now interested
in going vegan. Spoke with a Paleo dude who
was interested in these issues – the appeal
to reduce suffering seemed to make inroads.
Met another dude who told me he was going to
go veg!
Highlight was
meeting Monica and Elyse [below, right]; we spoke for a few
minutes when I approached them sitting with
a friend and had a laugh together, then spoke
about animal suffering. About two hours later
ran into them and they happily and earnestly
told me they were going to go vegan for a month
together and take it from there. I gave them
much encouragement and Guides.—Vic Sjodin, 10/10/13

It’s
pretty straightforward why I
support Vegan Outreach. It’s a
no-BS organization that is out to prevent suffering.
They don’t do it to satisfy their egos. They
don’t do it for grand, unattainable goals. They
do it for results. That’s what I care about.—DH